Rhode Island’s highways often get congested with traffic, especially during the summer, so the state Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is offering an alternate method of travel for commuters – and it won’t cost them a dime.

Police are investigating after a man was hit by a car that fled the scene early Saturday morning. It happened on the Plainfield Street around 1:15 a.m. for reports of a man lying in the roadway. A 48-year-old man was leaving a bar nearby when he was hit by a car.

The ill-fated escape attempt happened shortly after noon at Memorial Hospital in Pawtucket, when the woman, who was in the custody of the Central Falls Police Department at the time, was allowed to use one of the hospital’s bathrooms.

Two people were killed and a third person seriously injured in a one-car crash in Rhode Island. Police said speed appears to have been a factor in the crash. None of the occupants were wearing seat belts.